Globetechnology: Tragically, it’s not hip - just a sum of No. 1 hits
Globetechnology: Tragically, it’s not hip – just a sum of No. 1 hits
Quote: The researchers pull data from weblogs, chat rooms and music reviews—anywhere a song is being discussed—and feed it into the computer, which allows the software to gauge the popularity of a certain sound.
Once all the information is tabulated, the computer can listen to an entirely new album and predict how people will respond based on what it knows about the latest reactions to the music it has already heard.
Yeah… One more reason to write off the big labels and seek alternative sources…